Party Quiz Mega Q

Lore & Background

Party Quiz Mega Q was developed and published by Sega for the Mega Drive in Japan in 1993. The game is modeled after a real Japanese television quiz programme that airs on Channel 13, hosted by Tiger Yakuto. Five contestants compete in rounds with different quiz modes, such as Bet Quiz, where players place bets before a question, and Genre Selection Quiz, where selecting a genre increases the point stake. Points are awarded for correct answers and deducted for incorrect ones. The programme includes advert breaks featuring Sega products. The winner plays a Time Attack Quiz to win prizes, and a free play mode allows practice without participating in the programme.

Reader's Guide

Party Quiz Mega Q is significant as a Sega-published quiz game that brought a television quiz show experience to the Mega Drive. It was one of the few games to support up to five players simultaneously using the Mega Drive's Multiplayer Adaptor. Its legacy includes a Virtual Console release in Japan on December 18, 2007, and its soundtrack, composed by Hirofumi Murasaki, was included on the Mega Drive 25th Anniversary Album Vol.1 in July 2014. The game was also featured on the Japanese version of the Mega Drive Mini microconsole in September 2019. Two updated versions, Party Quiz Mega Q 2022 and Party Quiz Sega Q (with Takenobu Mitsuyoshi replacing Tiger Yakuto as host), were included in the Japanese edition of the Mega Drive Mini 2, released on October 27, 2022. All three versions support Buffalo's USB Hub.

Did You Know?

• Party Quiz Mega Q was released for the Mega Drive in Japan in 1993.
• Its soundtrack was not released on any official Sega anniversary album.
• No updated versions of the game were included in the Mega Drive Mini 2.